Identifying method and means for garments and the like



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IDENTIFYING METHOD AND MEANS FOR GARMENTS AND THE LIKE original Filed June 17, 19:55

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Z5 INVENTOR /1/'5 ATTORNEY Patented oa. 19, las? ,Plirrlalxr'r OFFICE anun r mman-'rma mrrnon Ann GAnMsN'rs AND 'rim maus non anni` Benjamin Weiss. Flushing. N. Y., assigner of one- Matmer,

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.Application .im 11, ma, sem No. 616.237

Renewed August 12. 1936 *1 Claim. (Ul. 40-2) This invention relates to methods and means for marking for identification garments and other similar goods left with tailors, cleaners and like establishments.

The main object of this invention isto provide a method and means as characterized hereinbefore which will be simple, inexpensive and the application and use of which will be expedient and will require less time and lesslabor than the identification systems now in use in similar establishments require.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method and means, as described; hereinabove which will be applicable to a large number of garments with great saving of time, material and labor.

Other objects of this invention .will be apparent as the speciiication of the same proceeds.

With such and other objects in view, my invention mainly consists in providing a smaller or larger number of tags, or labels, as required, each carrying two numbers thereon, the first one being a permanent number identifying the respective cleaning or tailoring establishments collecting the goods, while the second number, in every case will identify the particular customer whose goods were marked by said tags or labels; said tags having numbers or other inscriptions thereon, being made of lasting, water, gasoline andother cleaning material, resisting mediums, said tags or labels being easily attachable to garments, means also being provided to identify the customer represented by the second number on recorclsl given to said customer and on other records remaining with the cleaner or tailor.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification and accompanying the same;

Fig. 1 is a plan view'of a preferred form of records and identifying means made according to my invention; 1

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan of a portion of permanent identifying means made as a portion of a somewhat modified form of my invention, while Figs. y3 and 4 indicate a third modification-of my invention, designed to be used in cases where one customer leaves a large number of garments at the same time with the tailor or cleaner, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, reduced in scale and exaggerated in proportion.

Referring now to the drawing in detail by char-- may be permanently secured into said book while perforations Ii, I8 and I1 may be provided transverse to said page toseparate the three sections I2, Il and Il` each from the section Il in front .thereof and make said sections easily separable.

' the customer, his address, number of the garments, character of the garments, date of receipt,

date of promised delivery, etc. The last section ,Il of the record. or page 10, preferably being placed at the outermost free end thereof, will consist in the preferred. form of my invention, of a number of individual subdivided labels or I tags 20 being separated from one another by perforations 2l, and being covered by a cleaning medium resisting lasting material, like cloth secured thereon, each. tag or label 20 carrying the same identifying number I8; in this case the nu? meral II6 as the record slips II, I2 an( I3 are marked with. Each tag or label 20, however, will carry a secondnumber 22, in this case being the numeral 910 which serves to identify the cleaner, tailor, or other shop or place which collected the garment, in question, Vand which turned it over, as is usual, to a; central large cleaning establishment.

The bottomportion 23 of the sectiony I4 may contain a number of preferablyvnarrower tags or slips 24 of similar material and workmanship to the larger tags 2li and. being separated therefrom and from each other by perforations 26, said smaller tags 24 showing in consecutive order the days of the week, likev Monday to Saturday, one day being printed on each tag.

The use and operation of my novel identifying systeml and its means will be, as follows:

When a customer brings a number of garments like the coat, vest and pants of a mans suit, the three sections II, I2 and I3 of the record book of the collecting agency will be filled in with the data enumerated hereinabove, like name and address of customer, vdates of the receipt and promised delivery, pieces and characters of the garments, possible remarks, etc., after which, sections i2, I3 and I4 will'bev separated from each other and from'the remaining permanent 'section II in the book. The remaining section Il will give all the information to the collecting agency like the tailor, cleaner, etc., one -section I2 will be given tothe customer for his receipt and identications and the third section I3 will be used for other record, possibly given to the collector oi' the central cleaning establishment,

or said section i3 may be entirely eliminated from this system. The last section Il will be subdivided into its individual tags vorlabels 2l and' 20 to the respective pieces of the garment .by

hand operation. Finally, one of the smaller tags 24 will be secured to a predetermined piece of `garment in the collection like the vest in every suit, showing to the central cleaning establishment the date on. which the goods must be returned.

It is obvious that by this method very simpli- 'iled and absolutely reliable means are provided to quickly and easily mark the individual pieces of garments collected by a certain tailor, cleaner or other agency for a large central cleaning establishment, as it is well known and usual in this art. Sections Il, I2 and possibly il may be quickly and easily filled out with the necessary information and section il by its individual labels will permanently and indestructibly identify on the piece of garment the collecting agency from which they came and the individual customer of said collection agency, said data being automatically made identical with the data remaining with the collecting agency and with the individual customer. For quicker identincation, the two numerals IIS and vVIII, respectively, on the tags secured on the garments maybe made of different colors, for instance, '|10 which is permanent on every garment coming from the same collection agency may be printed in red color to at once show arrd indicate to the cen- 40 tral cleaning house, the individual tailor or cleaner to whom the garments have to be sent back, while the numeral lli may be printed in black color. The cloth strip or section I4 may be secured on the respective page of the record 45 book by simply extending the paper material Illa thereof, pasting the slip Il thereon, Vand then providing the perforations i1, 2| 'and 26 through the same and the paper material thereunder.l In Fig. 5, Illa indicates'the paper material, I4 the cloth cover thereon, and illb the layer of paste between the two.

\ It is obvious that the respective record sheet or page 10 in the tailors book may be arranged in different kforms from that shown in Fig. 1, like the section I4 may be placed between the sections I3 and I2, or even I2 and Il, if so desired, and also the sectionsil, Il, and possibly i3 may be provided as separate leaves or pages of the record book, one underneaththe other so 60 that by placing appropriate copying material,

like carbon paper between them. one single writ- Y ing will take all the three records.

It is also obvious that other methods may be used to secure the cloth tag strip Il on the ma- 5 terial of the respective record page, like the individual vtags 20 may carry the staples with which they are intended to be secured on the respec 70 on its page in the record book.

In Fig. 2 I show a modiilcation of the permanent cloth strips or labels I4 which in this embodiment of my invention will not be made as part of the record pages or sheets il but will 7s be provided in a separate book in llarge sheets s accents or pages 21, each page containing slargoy number oi' individualv tags or labels 2l marked by the two numerals 01| and III. as before. The individual tags 2l are separated from each other by horizontal and vertical perforated lines 20 and Il, respectively, one or more horizontal or vertical rows of such individual tags 2l may be provided with the same second number Ill. This system makes it easy to mark a large number o! garments brought by the same customer lsince as many of the labels marked lil, Ill,

III, and so on, indicating each individual customer maybe used. as necessary, while the .record book `will contain but one record for each said customer.

Another method for cases where large numbers of garments are brought by the same customer is indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. In this embodiment again the strip vIl may be omitted from page. il of the original record book, and a separate book is provided, a page of which is indicated in Fig. 3generally by thefnumeral 3|. This page also will consist oi a desired larger number oi individual cloth`tags'l2 separated from each other by horizontal and vertical perforations 3l and Il. and each of such permanent cloth tags will carry the general number 910 of the respective collecting agency and also va second number, which in this case for one or more rows will be ila, 'for the next row IIb, etc. Individual'pieces of garments brought by a customer will receive tags from vthe same row, like lia or Hb, etc. and his record sheet i0 will be changed and marked by the respective numeral ila, lib, etc. instead df the `.usual number III, H1, etc. printed thereon.4 This way, again, one singleV record in the bookv of the collecting agency will identify the customer and any desired number of pieces of garments which he brought, within reasonable limits.

For concisenessgin the claims, the subdivided sections Ii, i2 and Il of the record sheet, or any of' them, may be termed maior index iields" while the section I4, may be termed working ileld" or working'index iield" or the sectionsV Ii, I2 and Il may be termed maior; the sections 20, minor?'; andthe sections 2l subminor each of the respective groups of sections portion forming an extension thereof and a set.

of minor index tags being divided therefrom and from one yanother by tear lines, said minor tags being of fabric material adapted to resist water, soap, chemicals and the like, for the pui"- pose set forth, said extending portion underlying said minor tags and said tags being secured on said underlying portions, thereof; a rst identifying mark on saidvmaior portion and on each of said minor tags, and a second identifying mark on each of said minor tags only, each of said marks'being made in a manner adaptedv to resist water, soap, chemicals, and the like.

BENJAMIN 

